City Beach, San Francisco

1976

Henry Wessel

Associated Names
Henry Wessel

Artist, American, 1942 - 2018

The image shows a beach scene with a high horizon line meeting the sky. Soft waves break in the distance with two small islets or rock formations offshore. Children play in the sand, while beachgoers, including a person with a surfboard, are further away. Dogs are present on the sand. The image is black and white with a vintage feel, lacking color and relying on shades of gray and textures to depict the serene beach atmosphere.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the UBS Art Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 20.6 × 30.7 cm (8 1/8 × 12 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 27.8 × 35.3 cm (10 15/16 × 13 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.30.159

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco); Paine Webber & Co., New York, 20 April 1993; UBS, New York, 2000; gift to NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom right in graphite: Henry Wessel; bottom left: CITY BEACH, SAN FRANCISCO 1976; by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: HW.491.y

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